Karasawa samples Ka-36, Ka-49, Ka-70, Ka-72 (Permian of Japan)

Where: Japan (36.4° N, 139.6° E: paleocoordinates 21.8° N, 111.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Parafusulina tochigiensis foram zone, Nabeyama Formation, Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)

• Four samples (three from A-A' area, one from B-B'-B" area) listed on single line.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section

• Repository: Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo (Fumio Kobayashi Collection)

Primary reference: F. Kobayashi. 2006. Middle Permian foraminifers of the Izuru and Nabeyama Formations in the Kuzu area, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan Part 1. Schwagerinid, neoschwagerinid, and verbeekinid fusulinoideans. Paleontological Research 10:37-59 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128510: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Lagenina - Ichthyolariidae
? Ichthyolariidae indet. Loeblich and Tappan 1986
Ka-70
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Glomospira "sp. A" Rzehak 1895
Ka-70
Glomospira "sp. B" Rzehak 1895
Ka-70
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hemigordiopsidae
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
? Cornuspira "sp. A" Schultze 1854
Ka-70
Foraminifera
 Tetrataxoidea - Tetrataxidae
Tetrataxis "sp. B" Ehrenberg 1854
Ka-36
Tetrataxis sp. Ehrenberg 1854
Ka-70, Ka-72
 Fusulinoidea - Boultoniidae
 Fusulinoidea - Neoschwagerinidae
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Parafusulina japonica Guembel 1874
Parafusulina shimotsukensis n. sp. Kobayashi 2006
 Fusulinoidea - Ozawainellidae
 Fusulinoidea - Schubertellidae
 Palaeotextularoidea - Palaeotextulariidae
 Palaeotextularoidea - Biseriamminidae
Globivalvulina "sp. A" Schubert 1921
Ka-36, Ka-49
 Fusulinina - Geinitzinidae
 Fusulinina - Pachyphloiidae
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Neodiscus padangensis Lange 1925
Ka-70